Dictionary entry

Doom palm

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Doom″ palm′ (?). [Ar. daum, dūm: cf. F. doume.] (Bot.) A species of palm tree (Hyphæne Thebaica), highly valued for the fibrous pulp of its fruit, which has the flavor of gingerbread, and is largely eaten in Egypt and Abyssinia. [Written also doum palm.]